My father bought the Observer when I was young but I think I preferred the Times because it had a kids section. It wasn't until I reached university that I started to read the Guardian. When the Guardian website started to take hold, I was a daily visitor for the news and football writing. When the iPhone was released I got the guardian app and the same now goes for the iPad – I absolutely love the Guardian iPad app. I think that because I pay for it, I find myself reading a lot more than if I had just been relying on the website. My favourite sections are the editorial and comment sections, as well as the daily selection of photographs.

Politically, the Guardian helps me to articulate the issues of today, although sometimes I wish it could be more leftwing. Barry Glendenning on sport and George Monbiot for comment are my favourites, but on the whole the Guardian has such a splendid collection of writers and contributors that keep me abreast of so much that goes on. As I'm a photojournalist, I do enjoy the website's photography section but I think that because of the recent surge in photography (cheap cameras going digital), the Guardian should have a bigger section devoted to it.